I cannot believe I purchased this pedal for almost $40.00! The guy who sold it to me said it was a piece of crap and he couldn’t find a use for it! It’s been a must in my pedalboard for 22 years! A brutal fuzz🤘🏻
Okay, I bought the jeans. I bought the boots, I bought the TGF 'Keith Richards' skull ring. I dyed my hair brown. I grew hairs on my arms. I wood panelled my floor and I fitted halogen lights. I'm slowly buying every effects pedal this wonderful human demos so perfectly for us all but there's still one thing..... Can anyone tell me where I can buy a 'White Coily Cable of Destruction' ...... for the Love of all things distorted!? My life is empty without one!
@chrishpippin Just in case no one told use, this pedal was discontinued quite a while back., but there are usually a couple on ebay @ decent prices. This was replaced by the fz-3 which sounded more nu metal/industrial.Currently, Boss produces the fz-5 which I believe is a digital modeling type fuzz pedal.
Well done GMD , nice to see that you also do reviews of "non boutique" pedals. Personally I think the FZ-2 in mode 2 kicks the crap out of most boutique pedals. {;o)
I used to use that fuzz 1 setting with the octave up going on for machine gun and whatnot. Both fuzz settings are supposed to replicas of older fuzzes but I can't recall which.
@feedbackismyfriend That's because It's from the early to mid 90's. (1993-1997) Up until about the mid to late 90's, boss pedals had some pretty to very good fx. For example, the original ds-1 that was produced in Japan was highly regarded & was actually the main distortion of Satriani & Steve Vai for a while in the 80's, & the old dm-2 analog delay is quite legendary.
nice pedal! great demo! KILLER CONCEPT!!! GMD, you need to make the "Ultimate Solo Pedal," a pedal with a killer Fuzz sound and a killer boost sound. What other lead tones do you need? I would love to see the schematics of this pedal, I wonder if they're just bypassing the diodes in boost mode. GMD ROCKS!!!
This pedal is a beast, THE best low budget superfuzz clone out there, period. I just so happen to have one I might want to part with:) Fellow europeans can contact me with an offer I can't refuse:)
The best example of professional use of this pedal can be found behind the guitar sound of DEADSY and ORGY. KORN also used it somewhat. It's made for industrial long sustaining power chords. For blues you're better off with a normal Boss Fuzz pedal. With that said there are no rules with music so power to ya!
@PeterRosenqvist I agree, my friend used to have the stompbox before it got stolen. This fuzz sounded so unbelievably badass! The only other Boss pedal I even like is the NS-2.
You're welcome man, but it is like a 50 dollar price difference. But that said, if I just had one laying around, I would TOTALLY trade you. I desire to own this pedal so much
dear gmd on mode 2 my fz-2 doesn't track very well when playing single note leads especially the dgbe strings , but works perfectly for riffs , the other 2 modes are ok . can u tell me if that's normal or something has to be fixed , i play a stock us strat deluxe. thanks a lot ....great demo by the way
Would have liked to hear some more of the Fuzz II-setting since it was my favorite, but apart from that, good demo... Thanks GMD "Green pick of filth"...lol
I have a problem with this pedal which I can't hear in your demo - when playing in fuzz1 or 2 the note is dying all of a sudden after a second or two instead of sustaining and decreasing it's volume naturaly. Can you help me with this isuue, because yours plays wonderfully
I have one of these from years ago in perfect condition. I wanted to sell it because i'm into blues and now getting into country. Can I use this thing like a compressor on the clean boost, Gearmandude?
the thing that I find odd about this little gem is the clean boost. why on a fuzz box? a very good pedal. I like ge fuzz way more than si, but for a low rent si this is very good. too bad they're not made anymore. Ihave one though!
ur right he does have a lot of demos and most of the are very good but on this one imperticular and on his other videos he plays only high notes and solos just to show of but he dosent realize that some people want to hear what the pedal sounds like with power chords and lower notes he should do more of that than just showing off
Anyone else just plain confused as to why they put a gain boost on this instead of just another kind of fuzz?? Oh, and for the record, I think BOSS is one of perfect brands for making fuzz pedals. It's what most of their distortion/overdrive pedals sound like anyway:P lol
FZ2 is the best fuzz (i've had many, including Z Vex) and the best clean boost (tried many, MXR microamp, etc). why did boss discontinue? the other BOSS fuzzes are terrible! Find this one!
And boss and ibanez have all the colors of a kentucky rainbow! Its like skittles for your marshall! So many colors! Dont shop for boss pedals on acid, or do, im not here to judge!
@chrishpippin I hear ya, but man.... trust me, they have way better gear, better pictures of the guitars you can buy in their photo gallery. plus, if you're a recording engineer, etc (which I do and love) they have all the gear you need there, where as Mus Frnd does not. Im not saying, Im just saying
I got an fz-5, i like it. The face and octavia settings are really close. The maestro i dont have a damned clue. Never actually owned one. But it sounds horrid either way. If you want a good, cheap fuzz buy one! If you arent looking for a fuzz why did you watch this video? Anyway, i like boss pedals. Take a DS-1 cut out cap 6 and swap the diodes for LEDs. Great sound. a la allman.
No personal little chat after?????Don't listen to the lunatice fringe, we need that "how it sounded in real life" feedback you give us. Tell us what it "felt" like. C'mon GMD.
